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Newbery Reading Program - Sorted by Title
This is the complete list of Newbery Medal Books. You can sort the list according to different criteria by clicking the hyperlink above each category. The Reading Level of each book is included to help choose appropriate books. Two systems were used, the Reading Level according to the Follett Book Company and the Reading Level according to Renaissance Learning's Accelerated Reader ATOS system.
| Year | Book Title | Follett Reading Level | Accel-erated Reader Reading Level | Author | Call # |
| 1943 | Adam of the Road | 6.1 | 6.5 | Elizabeth Janet Gray | F GRA |
| 1951 | Amos Fortune, Free Man | 5 | 6.5 | Elizabeth Yates | F YAT |
| 1954 | And Now Miguel | 6.6 | 4.8 | Joseph Krumgold | F KRU |
| 1978 | Bridge to Terabithia | 6 | 4.6 | Katherine Paterson | F PAT |
| 1962 | Bronze Bow | 6.5 | 5 | Elizabeth George Speare | F SPE |
| 2000 | Bud, Not Buddy | 5.6 | 5 | Christopher Paul Curtis | F CUR |
| 1936 | Caddie Woodlawn | 5.3 | 6 | Carol Ryrie Brink | F BRI |
| 1941 | Call it Courage | 5.8 | 6.2 | Armstrong Sperry | 398.2 SPE |
| 1956 | Carry on, Mr. Bowditch | 6.7 | 4.1 | Jean Lee Latham | F LAT |
| 1931 | Cat Who Went to Heaven, The | 6.6 | 5.9 | Elizabeth Coatsworth | F COA |
| 2003 | Crispin: The Cross of Lead | 5.3 | 5 | Avi | F AVI |
| 2006 | Criss Cross | 5.7 | 5.5 | Lynne Rae Perkins | F PER |
| 1940 | Daniel Boone | 7.7 | James Daugherty | F DAU | |
| 1924 | Dark Frigate, The | 5.5 | 6.7 | Charles Hawes | F HAW |
| 1984 | Dear Mr. Henshaw | 5 | 4.9 | Beverly Cleary | F CLE |
| 1983 | Dicey's Song | 5.2 | 5 | Cynthia Voigt | F VOI |
| 1935 | Dobry | 6.2 | 5.6 | Monica Shannon | F SHA |
| 1950 | Door in the Wall, The | 6.5 | 6.2 | Marguerite de Angeli | F DEA |
| 1968 | From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | 5.6 | 4.7 | E.L. Konigsburg | F KON |
| 1980 | Gathering of Days, A | 6 | 6.7 | Joan W. Blos | F BLO |
| 1928 | Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon | 5.5 | 6.5 | Dhan Gopal Mukerji | F MUK |
| 1952 | Ginger Pye | 5.8 | 6 | Eleanor Estes | F EST |
| 1994 | Giver, The | 6 | 5.7 | Lois Lowry | F LOW |
| 2008 | Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village | 5.9 | 5.6 | Laura Amy Schlitz | F SCH |
| 1976 | Grey King, The | 6.1 | 6.2 | Susan Cooper | F COO |
| 1985 | Hero and the Crown, The | 6.9 | 7 | Robin McKinley | F MCK |
| 1969 | High King, The | 6.1 | 6.1 | Lloyd Alexander | F ALE |
| 2007 | Higher Power of Lucky | 5.8 | 5.9 | Susan Patron | F PAT |
| 1930 | Hitty: Her First Hundred Years | 7.1 | 7.1 | Rachel Field | F FIE |
| 1999 | Holes | 6.5 | 4.6 | Louis Sachar | F SAC |
| 1966 | I, Juan de Pareja | 6.4 | 6.5 | Elizabeth Borton de Trevino | F TRE |
| 1934 | Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women | 6.5 | 8 | Cornelia Meigs | F MEI |
| 1961 | Island of the Blue Dolphins | 5.5 | 5.4 | Scott O'Dell | F ODE |
| 1964 | It's Like This, Cat | 6.1 | 4.7 | Emily Neville | F NEV |
| 1981 | Jacob Have I Loved | 5.8 | 5.7 | Katherine Paterson | F PAT |
| 1944 | Johnny Tremain | 5.5 | 5.9 | Esther Forbes | F FOR |
| 1989 | Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices | 5.2 | Paul Fleischman | 811 FLE | |
| 1973 | Julie of the Wolves | 5.6 | 5.8 | Jean Craighead George | F CRA |
| 1949 | King of the Wind | 5.5 | 5.4 | Marguerite Henry | F HEN |
| 2005 | Kira - Kira | 4.9 | 4.7 | Cynthia Kadohata | F KAD |
| 1988 | Lincoln, A Photobiography | 7.4 | 7.7 | Russell Freedman | F FRE |
| 1975 | M.C. Higgins, the Great | 4.4 | Virginia Hamilton | F HAM | |
| 1991 | Maniac McGee | 5.7 | 4.7 | Jerry Spinelli | F SPI |
| 1942 | Matchlock Gun, The | 5.7 | 5.1 | Walter Edmonds | F EDM |
| 1996 | Midwife's Apprentice, The | 6 | Karen Cushman | F CUS | |
| 1957 | Miracles on Maple Hill | 4.9 | 4.9 | Virginia Sorenson | F SOR |
| 1947 | Miss Hickory | 5.2 | 5.9 | Carolyn Sherwin Bailey | F BAI |
| 1993 | Missing May | 6.7 | 5.3 | Cynthia Rylant | F RYL |
| 1972 | Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of NIMH | 5.4 | 5.1 | Robert C. O'Brien | F OBR |
| 1990 | Number the Stars | 4.9 | 4.5 | Lois Lowry | F LOW |
| 1960 | Onion John | 5.1 | 4.5 | Joseph Krumgold | F KRU |
| 1998 | Out of the Dust | 4.5 | 5.3 | Karen Hesse | F HES |
| 1945 | Rabbit Hill | 6.4 | 6.4 | Robert Lawson | F LAW |
| 1958 | Rifles for Watie | 7.1 | 6.1 | Harold Keith | F KEI |
| 1977 | Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry | 6.9 | 5.7 | Mildred D. Taylor | F TAY |
| 1937 | Roller Skates | 6.7 | 6.3 | Ruth Sawyer | F SAW |
| 1986 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | 4 | 3.4 | Patricia MacLachlan | F MAC |
| 1953 | Secret of the Andes | 5.5 | 4.7 | Ann Nolan Clark | F CLA |
| 1965 | Shadow of a Bull | 5.2 | 5.2 | Maia Wojciechowska | F WOJ |
| 1926 | Shen of the Sea | 5 | 5.4 | Arthur Bowie Chrisman | 398.2 CHR |
| 1992 | Shiloh | 5 | 4.4 | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | F NAY |
| 2002 | Single Shard, A | 6.7 | 6.6 | Linda Sue Park | F PAR |
| 1974 | Slave Dancer, The | 6.4 | 6 | Paula Fox | F FOX |
| 1927 | Smoky, the Cowhorse | 6.6 | 6.5 | Will James | F JAM |
| 1970 | Sounder | 6.5 | 5.3 | William H. Armstrong | F ARM |
| 1922 | Story of Mankind, The | 9.9 | Hendrik Willem van Loon | VAN | |
| 1946 | Strawberry Girl | 4.6 | 4.8 | Lois Lenski | F LEN |
| 1971 | Summer of the Swans | 5 | 4.9 | Betsy Byars | F BYA |
| 2004 | Tale of Despereaux, The | 4.1 | 4.7 | Kate DiCamillo | F DIC |
| 1925 | Tales from Silver Lands | 6.1 | 6.2 | Charles Finger | F FIN |
| 1939 | Thimble Summer | 5.7 | 5.7 | Elizabeth Enright | F ENR |
| 1929 | Trumpeter of Krakow | 5.5 | 7.1 | Eric P. Kelly | F KEL |
| 1948 | Twenty-One Balloons, The | 6.7 | 6.8 | William Pene du Bois | F DUB |
| 1967 | Up a Road Slowly | 6.9 | 6.6 | Irene Hunt | F HUN |
| 1997 | View From Saturday, The | 4.8 | 5.9 | E.L. Konigsburg | F KON |
| 1982 | Visit to William Blake's Inn, A | 4.8 | 4.5 | Nancy Willard | F WIL |
| 1923 | Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, The | 5.9 | 5.7 | Hugh Lofting | F LOF |
| 1995 | Walk Two Moons | 6.6 | 4.9 | Sharon Creech | F CRE |
| 1932 | Waterless Mountain | 6.3 | 5.6 | Laura Adams Armer | F ARM |
| 1979 | Westing Game, The | 7 | 5.3 | Ellen Raskin | F RAS |
| 1955 | Wheel on the School, The | 5.7 | 4.7 | Meindert DeJong | F DEJ |
| 1987 | Whipping Boy, The | 4.8 | 3.9 | Sid Fleischman | F FLE |
| 1938 | White Stag, The | 5.8 | 6.6 | Kate Seredy | F SER |
| 1959 | Witch of Blackbird Pond, The | 7.2 | 5.7 | Elizabeth George Speare | F SPE |
| 1963 | Wrinkle in Time, A | 4.8 | 4.7 | Madeleine L'Engle | F LEN |
| 2001 | Year Down Yonder, A | 5.2 | 4.5 | Richard Peck | F PEC |
| 1933 | Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze | 6.7 | 6.4 | Elizabeth Lewis | F LEW |